Aug 8 2010

Taliban’s Killing of Christian Aid Workers Could Chill U.S. Missionary Impulse

The Taliban’s cold-blooded murder of 10 medical aid workers — six of them Americans — working in Afghanistan for a Christian group, the International Assistance Mission, has raised new concerns about the safety and viability of Western missionary work in a time of growing resentment among many Muslims toward anything connected to the U.S. or [...]


Jul 10 2010

‘Beyond the Killing Fields’: Why Journalism Is in a ‘State of Chaos’

Five Politics Daily staffers — Carl Cannon, Melinda Henneberger, Walter Shapiro, David Wood and James Grady — are joining in an online discussion with Pulitzer Prize-winning former New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg about politics and the press as seen through the prism of his new book, “Beyond the Killing Fields.” Here is Schanberg’s response [...]